SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- A 13-year-old South Plainfield boy was injured today when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Park Avenue, police said.

The boy and his friend were biking along park avenue shortly before 3 p.m. when he turned in front of a car and was hit by the vehicle, police Chief John Ferraro said. The teenager struck the windshield and fell into the street, he said.

A borough woman who was driving the car immediately stopped at the scene, Ferraro said.

Emergency medical responders called for a helicopter, which flew the boy to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was being treated this afternoon.

The accident remains under investigation and no summons have been issued, Ferraro said.